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Five policemen, 32 others killed in Borno, Benue attacks

Posted by admin Benue, Borno, Headlines, Nigerian Police, State News Tuesday, March 25th, 2014

Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar Ten persons were killed in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital on Tuesday, when two suicide bombers rammed their cars into a police patrol vehicle. Also, 27 people were reportedly killed on Tuesday in Benue State after a brutal attack which took place in Agena Village in Gwer-East Local Government […]

Osun PDP elders picked me for gov – Adeleke

Posted by admin Headlines, Osun, State News Tuesday, March 25th, 2014

Alhaji Isiaka Adeleke The first civilian Governor of Osun State, Alhaji Isiaka Adeleke, has said that elders of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state asked him to pick form and run for the office again. Adeleke said that there was no way he would have turned the request of the elders down, since […]

Army kills 18 B’Haram members in Borno

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News Monday, March 24th, 2014

Director of Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Chris Olukolade | credits: www.ynaija.com The Defence Headquarters has confirmed the killing of 18 insurgents suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect in a shootout with troops in some settlements in Bama and Ngurosoye in Borno State. The Director of Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Chris Olukolade, said in an […]

Fayose emerges PDP Ekiti guber candidate

Posted by admin Ekiti, General Politics, Headlines, State News Saturday, March 22nd, 2014

Ado-Ekiti – A former governor of Ekiti State, MrAyo Fayose, was on Satuday declared winner of the PDP governorship primaries in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria,(NAN) reports that Fayose emerged winner with 462 votes out of a total of 477 votes cast. Leader of the PDP panel which conducted the primaries Dr Peter […]

Lagos: Police free pregnant girls in ‘baby factory’ raid

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Saturday, March 22nd, 2014

LAGOS – Nigerian police said Saturday they had raided a home near Lagos where eight pregnant girls were staying with plans to sell each of their newborns for nearly two thousand dollars. “Following intelligence report, we discovered and stormed on Friday a baby factory in Akute district of Ogun state,” a police spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, […]

Boko Haram: Borno schools closed indefinitely

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News Saturday, March 22nd, 2014

MAIDUGURI (AFP) – Public secondary schools in northeast Borno state have been closed indefinitely following deadly attacks blamed on Boko Haram Islamists, teachers and parents said Saturday.The closure reportedly affects 85 secondary schools, catering to some 120,000 students across the troubled state, a stronghold of the militant sect waging a five year insurgency in Nigeria.The […]

We’ll recover all stolen mandates in Kwara – Jonathan

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Kwara, Presidency, State News Wednesday, March 19th, 2014

President Goodluck Jonathan | credits: nigerianbulletin.com President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday said all the mandates of the Peoples Democratic Party allegedly stolen in Kwara State by virtue of recent defection by the state governor and others would be returned to the party. Jonathan spoke while granting audience to a delegation of the state chapter […]

The Thieving Speaker of Imo State House of Assembly (II) – By Kenneth Uwadi

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Imo, Kenneth Uwadi, NNP Columnists, State News Sunday, March 16th, 2014

By Kenneth Uwadi | Imo State, Nigeria | March 16, 2014 – I totally condemn the March 8th invasion of my residence in Egbema of Imo State by armed uniformed police officers at the behest of the leadership of the Imo State House of Assembly. The invaders stormed my place in a crude military-like assault […]

Between Governor Peter Obi and His Critics – By Chukwudi Nwokoye

Posted by admin Anambra, Articles, Chukwudi Nwokoye, Columnists, NNP Columnists, State News Saturday, March 15th, 2014

‘He made friends and dined with tax collectors, harlots and sinners. John The Baptist’s disciples fasted but His disciples did not observe the sabbath day and did not fast. He said that he would destroy the temple and rebuild it in 3 days…. He blasphemed God by saying that he was the son of God. […]

Scores feared dead in pipeline explosion

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Saturday, March 15th, 2014

A peninsula in the Ijegun area of Lagos State was gutted by fire after a pipeline conveying petroleum product was vandalised on Saturday. Though details of the incident remained sketchy as of press time, emergency management agencies said the casualty figure could be high because the peninsula was still inaccessible to them as of Saturday […]